Antonio Baños Boncompain Explained

Antonio Baños Boncompain
Birth Place:Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Party:Popular Unity Candidacy[1]
Residence:Barcelona, Catalonia
Alma Mater:Autonomous University of Barcelona
Profession:Journalist

Antonio Baños Boncompain (born 1967 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a Spanish Catalan musician, journalist and writer. In the Catalan parliamentary election of 2015 he led Popular Unity Candidacy - Constituent Call, a pro-independence left-wing electoral list[2] until he resigned in 2016.

Baños has a degree in journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. As a musician he's been a member of the band Los Carradine since 1989 and has released two records: Sospechoso tren de vida (2006) and Academia rocanrol (2016).

He is national secretary of the ANC and speaker of Súmate.[3]

Publications

Baños has written books and several articles, including:

Notes and References

  1. News: Las 10 caras de la CUP . The 10 faces of the CUP . . González Liste . Ana . 30 September 2015. 14 June 2020 . es.
  2. Web site: Barnils. Andreu. Antonio Baños: 'We won't get anywhere without the middle bourgeoisie'. VilaWeb. 30 July 2015.
  3. Web site: Les cares de la CUP més enllà de David Fernàndez.
  4. Web site: La cara B: Una altra mirada al procés.